Polymer @ Google I/O 2018

Here at Google I/O, we released Polymer 3.0. In moving from HTML Imports to ES Modules and from Bower to npm, Polymer 3.0 takes a big step toward the mainstream JavaScript ecosystem, making it easier to use Polymer (and Polymer-based elements) with other popular libraries, frameworks and tools.

We also formally introduced three next-generation products, each of which is on the fast track to release:

LitElement is an ultra-light custom element base class with a simple but expressive API. If you’re starting a new project today, you should consider using LitElement.

PWA Starter Kit is a set of templates, docs and patterns to help you build top-notch, close-to-the-platform Progressive Web Apps. It’s designed to get you from zero to PWA in minutes, and to scale as your scope or your team grows.

The Material Web Components are pixel-perfect realizations of the UI controls in Google's Material Design spec, built in collaboration with the Material Design Components team. Because they’re native web components, they’ll work anywhere on the web, regardless of which front-end library or framework you use.